Technical Advisor/Architect - Sourcing and Vendor Relationship Management

job summary:
General Experience Expectations:

A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more specialty areas. Possesses a deep level of understanding surrounding information systems, networking theory, and architecture standards in areas of expertise.

Scope of Work/Job Characteristics

The Technical Advisor on the Information System Modernization Project team will serve as the principal line of communication for the project and technical teams. The duties and responsibilities of this position are:

- Gain a detailed understanding of the Modernization Project scope directly after onboarding;

- Create the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current

integrated solutions, depicting applications, interfaces, and information flow currently in place;

- Document the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions

currently in place;

- Create the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solutions for the

Department's infrastructure and security requirement compliance;

- Enforce the Department's enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and

components to meet the business and technology activities;

- Validate if the proposed technical solutions meet the Department's requirements;

- Serve as the technical liaison between Department business users and contracted service vendors;

- Provide hands-on leadership for the design of re-engineered processes;

- Provide periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders on the compliance of new solutions

and processes in relation to enterprise architecture standards;

- Maintain all technical architectural artifacts in a shared repository with version history;

- Participate in business requirements gathering sessions;

- Lead the development of business process improvements with recommendations for enterprise

architecture standards; and

- Work independently as part of a larger cross-functional team.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor's degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science,

Information Systems, or other related field, or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required.

Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.

The Department requires the following experience, skills, and knowledge for this position:

- A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more technical specialty areas,

preferably supporting large-scale, multi-vendor or outsourced environments;

- Deep understanding of information systems, networking theory, and enterprise architecture

standards relevant to data, application, or infrastructure domains;

- Experience supporting enterprise-level modernization efforts, preferably involving:

- Data warehouse environments (e.g., International Business Machines Database 2 [IBM DB2],

Structured Query Language [SQL] Server platforms);

- Software modernization or transformation initiatives; and

- Multi-vendor technical delivery environments.

NOTE: In addition to the above list, the selected Candidate must successfully complete a Level II

Background Check.

Preferred Qualifications

The Department prefers the Candidate to have the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for

this position:

- Experience in modernizing and migrating mainframe applications from legacy systems;

- Experience in architecting optimal solutions for migrating applications to the cloud, preferably Azure

or Amazon Web Services;

- Experience in containerization of applications; and

- Building application integrations using Application Programming Interfaces

 
location: Tallahassee, Florida
job type: Contract
salary: $80 - 100 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: No Degree Required

responsibilities:

General Experience Expectations:

A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more specialty areas. Possesses a deep level of understanding surrounding information systems, networking theory, and architecture standards in areas of expertise.

Scope of Work/Job Characteristics

The Technical Advisor on the Information System Modernization Project team will serve as the principal line of communication for the project and technical teams. The duties and responsibilities of this position are:

- Gain a detailed understanding of the Modernization Project scope directly after onboarding;

- Create the technical architecture documents of all the interacting applications in the current

integrated solutions, depicting applications, interfaces, and information flow currently in place;

- Document the current architectural standards followed by the mainframe, web, and mobile solutions

currently in place;

- Create the architectural standards for the technologies to be used in the to-be solutions for the

Department's infrastructure and security requirement compliance;

- Enforce the Department's enterprise architecture models, representations, capabilities, and

components to meet the business and technology activities;

- Validate if the proposed technical solutions meet the Department's requirements;

- Serve as the technical liaison between Department business users and contracted service vendors;

- Provide hands-on leadership for the design of re-engineered processes;

- Provide periodic reports to internal and external stakeholders on the compliance of new solutions

and processes in relation to enterprise architecture standards;

- Maintain all technical architectural artifacts in a shared repository with version history;

- Participate in business requirements gathering sessions;

- Lead the development of business process improvements with recommendations for enterprise

architecture standards; and

- Work independently as part of a larger cross-functional team.

qualifications:
General Experience Expectations:

A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more specialty areas. Possesses a deep level of understanding surrounding information systems, networking theory, and architecture standards in areas of expertise.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor's degree or master's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science,

Information Systems, or other related field, or four (4) years of equivalent work experience is required.

Relevant experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis when applicable.

The Department requires the following experience, skills, and knowledge for this position:

- A minimum of seven (7) years of IT experience within one (1) or more technical specialty areas,

preferably supporting large-scale, multi-vendor or outsourced environments;

- Deep understanding of information systems, networking theory, and enterprise architecture

standards relevant to data, application, or infrastructure domains;

- Experience supporting enterprise-level modernization efforts, preferably involving:

- Data warehouse environments (e.g., International Business Machines Database 2 [IBM DB2],

Structured Query Language [SQL] Server platforms);

- Software modernization or transformation initiatives; and

- Multi-vendor technical delivery environments.

NOTE: In addition to the above list, the selected Candidate must successfully complete a Level II

Background Check.

Preferred Qualifications

The Department prefers the Candidate to have the following experience, skills, and/or knowledge for

this position:

- Experience in modernizing and migrating mainframe applications from legacy systems;

- Experience in architecting optimal solutions for migrating applications to the cloud, preferably Azure

or Amazon Web Services;

- Experience in containerization of applications; and

- Building application integrations using Application Programming Interfaces

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.